Hydroxamic acid derivatives halides

Formally, they can all be viewed as derivatives of hydroxylamine, H2N—OH indeed, oximes can be prepared by the addition of hydroxylamine to aldehydes and ketones (equations 1 and 2), and hydroxamic acids by its reactions with acetyl halides and esters (equations 3 and 4). ... 

The simpler examples are readily hydrolysed in aqueous solution, and therefore react with sodium hydrogen carbonate and also give the ester test they may be confirmed by applying the hydroxamic ester test (Section 9.5.3, p. 1222). Carbonyl adsorption is apparent in the infrared spectrum at about 1820 cm-1 and at about 1760cm-1. It should be noted that aromatic anhydrides and higher aliphatic anhydrides are not readily hydrolysed with water and are therefore effectively neutral (Section 9.5.3, p. 1218). The final characterisation of the acid anhydride is achieved by conversion into a crystalline carboxylic acid derivative as for add halides. 

The 1,4-dinucleophilic building blocks used most are 1,2-disubstituted ethanes of the type HXCHiCHjYH, semicarbazides, thiosemicarbazides, hydroxamic acid amides, amidrazones, and 1,2-disubstituted aromatic and heteroaromatic compounds. 1,1-Dielectrophilic building blocks preferentially used are perfluorinated carboxylic acids and their derivatives, such as acid halides, anhydrides, imidoesters, nitriles, perfluoroalkyl chlorosul-... 

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